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US 2018/0324877 A1Published application
Device and Method for Handling a Feature
AssigneeHTC Corporation
InventorKundan Tiwari
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods and devices for a network to inform a user equipment which network slice is attached successfully and which network slice is prohibited to attach.
Claims16
A network for handling a feature, comprising:
- at least one storage device;
- and
- at least one processing circuit, coupled to the at least one storage device, wherein the at least one storage device stores, and the at least one processing circuit is configured to execute instructions of:
- receiving a first non-access stratum (NAS) message comprising a first information element (IE) and a second IE, from a communication device, wherein the first IE identifies a first network slice, and the second IE identifies a second network slice;
- and
- transmitting a second NAS message comprising a third IE, a fourth IE and a fifth IE, to the communication device, wherein the third IE indicates that the communication device is attached to the first network slice successfully, the fourth IE indicates that the communication device is not attached to the second network slice, and the fifth IE comprises a first timer value indicating a first time period for which the second network slice is not available to be attached, in response to the first NAS message.
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A communication device for handling a feature, comprising:
- at least one storage device;
- and
- at least one processing circuit, coupled to the at least one storage device, wherein the at least one storage device stores, and the at least one processing circuit is configured to execute instructions of:
- transmitting a first non-access stratum (NAS) message comprising a first information element (IE) and a second IE, to a network, wherein the first IE identifies a first network slice, and the second IE identifies a second network slice;
- receiving a second NAS message comprising a third IE, a fourth IE and a fifth IE, from the network, wherein the third IE indicates that the communication device is attached to the first network slice successfully, the fourth IE indicates that the communication device is not attached to the second network slice, and the fifth IE comprises a first timer value indicating a first time period for which the second network slice is not available to be attached, in response to the first NAS message;
- not transmitting a third NAS message to the network for a second time period, wherein the third NAS message is related to the second network slice;
- and
- transmitting the third NAS message to the network after the second time period.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.